2025 Compare Cities Education:
Clarksdale, MS vs New Orleans, LA

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Highlights
- New Orleans spends 40.3% more per student than Clarksdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.2% higher in New Orleans than in Clarksdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Orleans had 9.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Clarksdale
 Clarksdale, MSNew Orleans, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,431$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,353  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,683$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22524573
 Students per Counselor402  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Clarksdale    3 Reviews

I grew up in Clarksdale and moved out of state my junior year of high school. My family had been in and around the area for generations. It is sad to see what has  More

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I'm from California and I loved funky Clarksdale. The folks there are so friendly and curious about where you're from, what you do, and what you think of Clarksdale.  More

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Over 18 years ago

Clarksdale is a small town of about 20,000. Our economy is agricultural to a large extent. We have a tremendous amount of tourism based on our blues tradition which is  More

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Reviews for New Orleans    87 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived in NOLA for 6 years. Like all cities, you must take the good with the bad. It is more expensive than what you read about on the internet. The drivers are  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived here for going on 3 years. The person who lives with me wanted us to move here. It got old for me very soon after we moved here. Neither of us like it.   More

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Lived here 20 years, transplant from a dank Midwestern metropolis. For the first 15 years I was pretty much one of those rabid people foaming at the mouth whenever  More

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